CANCUN — Four teams remain. Two championship series. One Golden Taco. After two weeks of questionable umpiring, catastrophic defensive mistakes, historically improbable performances, and several incidents currently under investigation by the Cancun Committee, the 2026 Cancun Playoffs have reached their final four. Welcome to the Cancun Championship Series. In the American League, the defending champion North Japan Samurai face the Houston Astros in a heavyweight rematch featu

CANCUN, MX — October baseball is overrated. Cancun baseball starts tomorrow. The 2026 Cancun Playoffs officially begin Tuesday, September 29, inside the legendary Cancun Dome, where eight teams enter the best-of-three World Card round chasing baseball’s most prestigious piece of hardware: the Golden Taco. The field is spectacularly bizarre. It includes two teams that lost 97-plus games, a last-place Toronto club, an independent summer-league team from Oregon, a 77-win Walgree

Tony Ohtani celebrates his 769 ft home run off the scoreboard in North Japan's Game 1 win. CANCUN, MX - This weekend the Cancun Playoffs divisional round was pure chaos, complete with heroic catches, prison breaks, and Pete Alonso defying physics. As the tropical postseason heats up, two teams — the Houston Astros and North Japan Samurai — find themselves one win away from sweeping into the Cancun Championship Series, while the Atlanta Braves and Portland Pickles jumped o

Giants 3, Pirates 0 Matt Chapman powered the Giants to an early 3-0 lead with a home run, setting the stage for a dominant performance. Justin Verlander, fresh off a 4-11 regular season with San Francisco, delivered a no-hitter through five innings and beyond, stifling the Pirates' offense. Tensions flared when Pittsburgh's Tommy Pham bat-flipped after drawing a walk from Verlander, nearly sparking a brawl in the late innings. Verlander sealed the no-hitter, leading the Giant

Pirates 1, Giants 0 Paul Skenes delivered an outstanding performance for the Pirates, striking out 273 batters over 8 innings and setting a new MLB and Cancun record by fanning Rafael Devers five times in three innings. Oneil Cruz hit a crucial home run off Logan Webb, giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead that held as the final score. The game included quirky elements like Livvy Dunne attending to support Skenes and announcers Gary Busey and Ben Verlander, adding a humorous twist to